Hi Bravo,
I am not sure if going the route you have chosen will actually save
you effort later, it might even cause some headaches.
Won't each of these separate tables contain mostly the same columns?
And if you want to search across entire classes of animals won't all
of these tables cause more harm then good?
As to answer your questions: (keeping in mind I am still new to
cakephp)
1. I don't think so but it might make it more complicated. You might
want to use some method of dynamically loading the models, if you plan
to have so many.
2. You should be able to reuse some views by specifying which to load
using:
$this->render('name_of_template.thtml');
within your controller functions.
Cheers,
Coder
On Aug 21, 8:54 am, Bravo_Kernel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi group,
>
> I am building an application to (theoretically) store characteristics
> for all existing lifeforms on this planet and need some conceptual
> pointers on the best approach for solving this with Cake.
>
> To keep things maintanable and extendible I am thinking of creating
> lots of Models (with different database tables) using class
> inheritance, for example:
> classLifeForms -> classReptiles -> classSquamata -> classLizards
> classLifeForms -> classReptiles -> classSquamata -> classSnakes
> classLifeForms -> classMammals -> etc.
>
> Assuming the Model approach is valid I will have to build hundreds of
> Models. Now for my questions:
> 1. Will this force me to build a different controller to handle adding/
> deleting/modifying each subclass or would it be possible to reuse a
> single controller?
> 2. Will this force me to build a different view for each subclass or
> is reusing an option here as well?
>
> Any feedback is highly appreciated.
>
> TIA Bravo
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